'It's only intelligence if it radically expands accessible truth — otherwise it's sparkling automation'
fkasummer · x · 2026-10-19
fkasummer offers a crisp standard for judging intelligence: it only counts as intelligence if it radically increases the portion of truth accessible to humanity. Otherwise, it's just "sparkling automation" — a riff on sparkling water, mocking AI-labeled products that are merely repackaged automation.
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